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Dr. Russell's Water Transportation Prairie Provinces

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Ralph C. Russell

A set of historical and bibliographical notes compiled by Dr. Russell on water transportation in what is today the prairie provinces. Includes information on the Northcote of 1885 Resistance fame. Also discusses the employment of Metis and First Nations men on riverboats, and gives prices at Gabriel's Crossing (Gabriel Dumont's ferry operation).

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Early Days in the Hudson's Bay Coy

Archival » Archival Items
Author/Creator
Reginald Bird Beatty
This chapter of Reginald Beatty's diary describes how Beatty and a small crew taking a small group of people from Cumberland House to Grand Rapids and the difficulties encountered, including stormy river travel and the scourge of mosquitoes. Item found within folder 'Reginald Bird Beatty Papers.'

Historical note:

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Grand Rapids Stories: Volume 2

Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Joseph Buck
Absalom Cook
William McKay
Agnes McKay
Margaret Olafson
Audrey Hobbs
Bill Sallows
Gladys Scott

Related: Volume 1.

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Grand Rapids Stories: Volume I

Alternate Title
[Frontier School Division Native Studies Publications]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bernadette Ballantyne
Betty Calyn
Henry Chartier
Rosalie Desjarlais
Edith Chartier
Jon Einarson
Louise Mercredi

Related: Volume 2.

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Seeking Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Origins of and Responses to the Food Crisis in Northern Manitoba, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karlah Rae Rudolph
Stephane M. McLachlan
Local Environment, vol. 18, no. 9, 2013, pp. 1079-1098
Looks at the issue in terms of environmental and food justice. Sixteen participants from Grand Rapids and the Misipawistik Cree Nation were interviewed about food needs and priorities, how they had changed over time, and what actions they felt would address needs.
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